Re: How To Improve This Group

Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote at 20:55 this Wednesday (GMT):

On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 19:00:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
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Well, if you COULD get more people to migrate to USENET from traditional
social media, that would be great. I personally don't think many people
are going to want to learn a new software for such an old protocol.
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Well, then, maybe they should stop using email.  After all, that protocol
goes back to at least 1975.

Most people use a website for email, and Gmail/Outlook.

I am sick of these assholes who denigrate a medium simply because
it's origin goes back a few decades.
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Communication protocols don't have "best buy" dates.  They are
valid forever.

I agree, but the whole "brand new shiny tech" pull is a very strong pull
for some.

I am reminded of the Micro$oft strategy that tried to discredit
Linux because it was based upon Unix which is an "ancient" OS.
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Fuck Micro$soft and fuck YOU.

sorry

Usenet is still very much viable as is IRC.  All that is required
is for more people to start using it -- again.
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The case is closed.

I agree, the main problem from my pov is barrier to entry and
"precivable" benefits. Yes, obviously, USENET is great for being simple
and decrentralized, but the average person would not care/understand
what being "decentralized" means, and the simplicity is seen as a
drawback. And as for barrier to entry, the only real client people would
be likely/willing to use would be Thunderbird, since everything else is
either old (again, /I/ don't care, but ppl definitely would), highly
specialized FOSS programs that most of the time are targeted to Linux,
or a TUI program. And they have to configure the newsreader to connect
to a server, FIND a server, etc etc.. and no layman would go through
that just for a "retro forum experience that has barely any users". As
well as the general tech illiteracy. So, IF the barrier to entry was
lowered, and potentially a webapp made, people MIGHT be willing to try
it. I think that's a pretty long shot, though.
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